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Product Description
The Hlutr: immensely old, terribly wise.and utterly alien. Long before life crawled from the oceans of Earth, the forests of the Hlutr stood on a million worlds. Their soundless songs filled space, and their mastery of evolution had brought peace to countless planets. When Mankind went out into the stars, he found the Hlutr waiting for him. Waiting to observe, to converse, to help. Waiting to judge.and, if necessary, to destroy. Humans were savage, uncontrolled, aggressive and unpredictable. Should the Hlutr encourage them - or exterminate them? Parts One and Two of this book, originally published as Analog novelettes, each appeared in The World's Best SF anthologies for their respective years. The novel was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award. Wavelengths Online calls it "an underrated SF gem." Speed-of-C Productions is proud to bring The Leaves of October back into print with a brand-new epilogue written just for this edition.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3592728 in Books
- Published on: 2003-04-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Author
I hope you will enjoy this glimpse of the universe of the Scattered Worlds. In the words of the Hlutr: "Is not the Universal Song a grand and glorious thing, to have contained two such as we?"
About the Author
Don Sakers was launched the same month as Sputnik One, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should become a science fiction writer. A Navy brat by birth, he spent his childhood in such far-off lands as Japan, Scotland, Hawaii, and California. In California, rather like a latter-day Mowgli, he was raised by dogs.
As a writer and editor, he has explored the thoughts of sapient trees (The Leaves of October, Baen 1988), brought ghosts to life (Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three, Baen 1989), and beaten the "Cold Equations" scenario ("The Cold Solution," Analog 7/91, voted best short story of the year.)
Sakers lives at Meerkat Meade in suburban Baltimore with his companion of many years, Thomas Atkinson.
Customer Reviews
Excellent
Beautifully revealed short stories centered around the most unexpected sapient creatures and their relucted aid in helping mankind reach maturity. Good, well-thought sci-fi supports this ongoing story covering a billion years plus. Leaves you hungry for a continuing trilogy.
Little slow for my taste...not a good sign for short stories.
This book has some decent stories but moves along at a snail's pace. There are too many ridiculous proper names to keep up with...it's just not that interesting. I don't regret reading it...just wish he could have kept my attention better.
